Sméagol's Ghastly Demise

Modern BUG (Sultai) Casual Combo Creature Cheat Jank Ramp Reanimator Sacrifice Vampires

keizerbuns

Creature (26)

• 1x Ayara, First of Locthwain
• 2x Blood Artist
• 4x Bloodghast
• 2x Gollum, Patient Plotter
• 2x Haunted Dead
• 2x Indulgent Aristocrat
• 4x Prized Amalgam
• 3x Ravenous Squirrel
• 4x Smeagol, Helpful Guide
• 1x Wight of the Reliquary
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

Land (22)

• 3x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 4x Fabled Passage
• 1x Forest
• 1x Island
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 4x Swamp
• 4x Underground Mortuary
• 3x Woodland Cemetery

Sorcery (8)

• 4x Bone Shards
• 2x Diabolic Intent
• 2x Rise of the Witch-king

Instant (4)

• 4x Grisly Salvage

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Creature (1)

• 1x Erebos, Bleak-Hearted

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Evolutionary Leap

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A reanimator/sacrifice deck I built after I saw the super fun combo of Bloodghast + Smeagol, Helpful Guide . The combo is pretty simple, have Smeagol, Helpful Guide and Bloodghast out, then sacrifice Bloodghast to one of the deck's 19 sac outlets; saccing a creature triggers Smeagol's ability to steal an opponents land at the end of the turn, which then guarantees Bloodghast's landfall trigger, returning it to the battlefield so it can be sacced all over again. Also, if any Prized Amalgams are in the graveyard, the combo also guarantees getting them back too.

This deck is full of creatures looking to get sacrificed and tons of sacrifice outlets to do it. Bloodghast, Gollum, Patient Plotter, Haunted Dead, and Prized Amalgam are creatures that can be very easily returned from the graveyard back to the battlefield so they make for perfect saccing fodder. And capitilizing off of all the sacrificing and reanimating this deck does, Ayara, First of Locthwain and Blood Artist ping your opponents down so you don't have to rely solely on combat damage to win.

The Ring Tempts You mechanic is also just the cherry on top of this whole neat combo, making sure your opponents can't just continue to use big blockers to kill your creatures each combat, as well as letting you loot each turn.

If you have any comments or suggestions on how to improve the deck, I'd love to hear it! Thanks in advance!

Top Ranked	Achieved #2 position overall 8 months ago Achieved #1 position in Modern 8 months ago
Date added	9 months
Last updated	5 months
Key combos	Bloodghast + Smeagol, Helpful Guide
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 29 - 0 Rares 13 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.26
Tokens	Spirit 1/1 W, The Ring, The Ring Tempts You
Folders	Decks, Other People's deck